Bird

Past Producer in Yakima county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10131383
MRDS ID D001421
MAS/MILS ID 0530770001
Record type Site
Current site name Bird
Alternate or previous names Copper Mining Co. - 0530770107, Clara - 0530770026
Related records 10278549, 10101419

Comments on the site names

  • U.S.G.S. BULL. 1504 DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTION THIS PROPERTY AS THE CLARA, BUT IT IS THE SAME PROSPECT. THE CORRELATION OF THESE WAS DONE BY WFOC, 1994.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.36308, 46.79232 (WGS84)
Elevation 1719
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bumping Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Naches(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015 N 011 E 13 NESENE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.36308, 46.79232

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65W
    Dip 40E
    Thickness 0.85M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N65W:40E
    Date of Last Modification 940303

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bumping Lake District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 210
    Number of Adits 3
    1st Condition of Workings CAVED AT PORTAL
    Year of Information 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-OCT-94 Van Noy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.